Application for University Bursaries and Loans 2024-25 (Deadline: 2024.09.25)
Application for University Bursaries and Loans 2024-25
[Application period: 2024.08.26 @9am to 2024.09.25 @5:30pm]
University Bursaries and Loans mainly provide assistance to students who have financial difficulties to reduce their financial burden so as to help them focus more on study. The bursaries and loans are donated by private organisations, professional bodies, firms and individuals. More than 20 bursary/loan schemes* are included via this one-off application. Scholarships and Financial Aids Unit (SFA) will nominate applicants to donors for approval based on applicants’ family financial situations, Government financial assistance offered and other criteria set by the donors. For details of each individual bursary/loan scheme, please visit our website.
* These schemes are marked as “open application in Aug/Sep” in “Application Method” in the bursary lists on our website. Some other separate bursary schemes, which are not included in the University Bursaries and Loans application, may have separate promotions and need separate applications. Please pay attention to our promotion via HKBU email, e-Announcement, our website, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. Students who have genuine financial need and meet the application eligibilities can apply for both University Bursaries and Loans and individual bursary schemes in the same academic year.
This application is for consideration for both bursary and loan. Applicants do not need to choose to apply for a bursary or a loan or a particular scheme on the application form. Applicants who are allocated a bursary will be informed individually by email. Only applicants with proven financial need will be invited for loan application in Semester 2. Applicants can then decide to accept a loan or not upon invitation. Loan applicants have to fill in a separate loan form provided by the fund-providing organisation and handle the loan procedures in person. Therefore, applicants who are not in Hong Kong in Semester 2 will not be eligible or invited for loan application. The loans, which are interest-free, are provided by private organisations and have limited quota. Priority of loan allocation is given to non-final-year first-time loan applicants.
Eligibility
You are eligible to apply for University Bursaries and Loans 2024-25 if you:
- Are a local student studying in a full‐time UGC‐funded undergraduate programme or PGDE programme* in HKBU;
- Are a full-time student in the whole academic year 2024-25; and
- Have proven financial need.
* Full-time PGDE local students are only eligible to apply for a loan scheme.
Can I apply for both University Bursaries and Loans and Government grant / loan?
Yes. They are different schemes and do not contradict each other. Financially needy students are recommended to apply for both. Applicants receiving Government grant / loan or not will be taken into consideration during selection for University Bursaries and Loans. University Bursaries and Loans applicants who did not make or withdrew from application for Government grant / loan have to explain why you expressed financial difficulties but did not make or withdrew from Government grant / loan application.
Application procedure
Please follow the steps below to complete the application:
Step 1) Prepare all the relevant supporting documents first according to the List of Supporting Documents here.
Note that the required supporting documents are the same as listed for all students from both CSSA and non-CSSA families.
Please prepare all documents before you fill in the online application because you will need all the information on hand in order to fill in accurate information. Once you have submitted the online application (after clicking the “Submit” button), no further modifications can be made through the system. Applicants have the responsibility to submit complete and true information. Filling in accurate information on the online application is essential because your input recorded in our system will affect the vetting procedures and thus our consideration.
Step 2) Complete the online application. [Application starts at 9am on 2024.08.26]
Please complete the online form with a computer and avoid completing it with mobile devices such as a tablet or smartphone.
Step 3) Download the submitted online application form (in MS WORD .docx format).
Please follow the instructions in the auto-email sent to your HKBU email after submitting the online application.
Step 4) Sign the form by you and your parent(s) with a pen, stylus or finger, to declare the information provided is complete and true.
Step 5) Submit the signed application form [ALL pages of the form] with all the relevant supporting documents to the Scholarships and Financial Aid (SFA) Unit, Office of Student Affairs, in person or by uploading to Moodle at or before 5:30pm on 25 September 2024 (Wednesday). Applicants should choose EITHER ONE of these two ways to submit the signed form and all documents in ONE go. No matter which submission method you opt for (soft or hard copy), you should arrange all documents with dates (e.g. bank records, receipts, letters) in chronological order for each account.
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By uploading soft copy to Moodle: please read and follow the instructions carefully that will be emailed to you after you have submitted the online application.
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By submitting hard copy in person: to the SFA Unit counter at WLB401, Shaw Campus, during opening hours. Staple or bind your form and supporting documents to ONE set on the top left corner with a staple, clip or treasury tag yourself before you pay a visit. Do not submit it enclosed by a file or envelope. Your application will not be checked at the spot of submission.
Deadline for application: 5:30pm, 25 September 2024 (Wednesday)
Please note that the deadline time is set according to our system’s clock. Late application or online application without the submission of the signed application form and all supporting documents will NOT be considered.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Please click here for details.
Enquiry
Scholarships & Financial Aid Unit
Office of Student Affairs
Room WLB401, Level 4,
The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies
Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
Contact no.: 3411 5912 / 3411 2302
Email: sfa@hkbu.edu.hk
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday – 9:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:30pm
Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays – Closed